Improvement in grain and hat-elevator



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Letterman Nijragrsdnaieozf-.Lme 2s, 186s.

.iMrRov-siijsNT IN GRAIN .AND HAY-ELEVATOR.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, HENRY KECK, of Canaan, in the county of Wayne, and State of Ohio, have inventedjf a new and improved Hay and Grain-Elevator; and I do' hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, 'and t exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying',draw?! 4 ings, maling a part of this specification, Ain which Y Figure 1 is a transverse vertical section of a barn, showing my improved devices for elevating and unload-` inghay or grain.

Figure 2 is a side elevation.

Like letters in both igurespf the drawings indicate likeparts. -t

My invention relates tothat class of devices which are designed to economiz'e labor'and tim'ein the erlernt-. ing and unloading of hay or grain from vehicles, and the proper vstorage ofthe same in such lofts of nstableshor, barns as may he appropriated for the purpose. v Y

It consists in the employment'of two windlass-devices, for lifting a platformor other receptacle for hay or" long provender, in combination with a rake, worked bya crank andpulley, for the unloading and more convenent storage ofthe saroeQ-whennthe whole or component parts of the device are permanently locatedn a hard` orwother place designated vforfthe reception of thearti'cle. 'Y

To enable any one skilled in the art to make and use my invention', will proceed to describe its cnnstruc.-` tion and operation. i i

A represents the barn, having a loft,a, therein, for the storage of hayl B B represent two windl'assfwheels, rigidly attached 'to shafts 6 b, having their bearings upon the timh'er's of.'

the loft, the wheels being'eight feet in diameter, and having gro'oved peripheries for the reception and retention of the rope by which'thelplatform is elevated.

D represents a platform, of quadrilateral'shape, having in each corner thereof a hook or other device, for Vattaching ropes thereto,vby"which it is elevated.'

D represents the load of hay, when placed upon the platform. i c represents a crank, having Yits bearings in an upright beam, OZ, of the building, and in a. slotted auxiliary upright, d', rigidly attached tov the said beann'having a pulley working in the aforesaid slot, whiohpulley is,v

rigidly attached to :the crankat that portionthereof, the crank and pulleybeing designed for operating the rake suspendedat the roof of the harnsloft. t E E each represents a block and'taokle, attached to the interior of the rooirof the` barn, for the reception. of the rope o1' cordage for operatiiig the rake. F represents a rake, pivoted to and swinging from the roof ofthe barn at a point intermediate between the aforesaid blocks, and having, nearly intermediate between the extremities thereof, a staple,l`e, by which, in con' junction with the aforesaid cranlnitis operated. i

Gr represents `the rop'e attached to the rake, which, fromthence, passes over and under or'aronnd the pulley in front of it, and lfrom thenceover the pillley in its rear, and then extends and fastens to thepulley, in cong nection with the crauk,npon which itis wound and unwoundin the process of throwingup the haywith t'herak'e; H represents a rope attached by a'staple to the lower.l part of. the rake, to act usan adjunct of the rope operated by the crank as aforesaid.V 4 I represents-the ropes which lift the platform, by being wound upon the 'shafts attached to the windlass: wheels B B. 'l K K representrthe ropes which are wound upon the wheels of the Windlassi The operation is as follows I The hay or provender .being `loaded uponfthe platform, two men take hold respectively ofthe ropes wound "'upou the wheels, and proceed from each windlass, and, by drawing upon and .unwinding the same, wind ,the ropes upon Vthe shafts, which ropes are attached to the platform, andthereby velevate iti The 'load being elevated to' the desired height, the ropes proceeding from the Windlass are passed under ,double pulley g, in a, short upright attached-to the beam or Hoor of barn, and then tied to 'a hook or other device,

to hold the weight in position. The reke 's then operated by the crank, as aforesaid, for the removal of the Yprevender.

' Having thus fully described my invention, what I claimV therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, .is-v i Theeonibinetionnnd arrangement of the Windlasses B B, platform C, pulley and crank c, block und tackle E'Eg rake F, and double pulleyg, when used in a, barn, substantially in the manner and for the purpose as herein shown and set yforth. l, i As evidence that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handin the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY KECK. Witnesses:

W. Ll'rrnLL,v C. G. CRANE. 

